Both of these anchorages are exposed to north winds, which, however, do not reach home with much violence.

The holding-ground being good in the first-named bay to the eastward, the anchorage there may be considered safe, although the undertow at times makes it wild riding.
I visited Robinson Crusoe Bay in a boat, and with some difficulty landed through the surf near the cave, which I entered.

I found it dry and inhabitable.

It is located in a beautiful nook sheltered by high mountains from all the severe storms that sweep over the island, which are not many; for it lies near the limits of the trade-wind regions, being in latitude 35 1/2 degrees.

The island is about fourteen miles in length, east and west, and eight miles in width; its height is over three thousand feet.